Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events
A retrovirus that infected our ancestors 100 million years ago became a human gene that is expressed in embryos and cancers, and can be detected in the blood of pregnant women. Accumulating evidence suggests potential roles for endogenous retroviruses in early life events, which may affect adult hea...
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description | A retrovirus that infected our ancestors 100 million years ago became a human gene that is expressed in embryos and cancers, and can be detected in the blood of pregnant women. Accumulating evidence suggests potential roles for endogenous retroviruses in early life events, which may affect adult health. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:d97f13e2-36c3-4a4b-ae6c-f6c261699c1d2022-03-27T08:56:24ZRoles of endogenous retroviruses in early life eventsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d97f13e2-36c3-4a4b-ae6c-f6c261699c1dEnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordCell Press2017Magiorkinis, GKatzourakis, ALagiou, PA retrovirus that infected our ancestors 100 million years ago became a human gene that is expressed in embryos and cancers, and can be detected in the blood of pregnant women. Accumulating evidence suggests potential roles for endogenous retroviruses in early life events, which may affect adult health. |
spellingShingle | Magiorkinis, G Katzourakis, A Lagiou, P Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title | Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title_full | Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title_fullStr | Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title_full_unstemmed | Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title_short | Roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
title_sort | roles of endogenous retroviruses in early life events |
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